Thoughts on competition in the body of Christ

There will be no competition among believers when we realize that we each have our unique purpose and pathway in life. There will be no competition when we acknowledge God as the source of all we are and all we have and that He gives to each person according to His desire and purpose. We aren’t meant to be striving against each other but working together in our different gifts, grace and functions towards a single common purpose. It is teamwork and not a competition. We are like members on one team rather than individual teams in and of ourselves.

Putting God in a preconceived box

We are so full of preconceived ideas about God a lot of which cannot be further than the truth. The only way to know God is through His Word illuminated by His Spirit exemplified in the life of Jesus. If He did not chose to reveal Himself through the ages and finally in His Son Jesus we could have never comprehended Him. For as high as the heavens are above the earth so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts. Is 55:9. Lord open my eyes to know You in truth and deliver me from my preconceived thoughts and ideas about You that deceive me and blind my eyes. May I know you better everyday and through my life may the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Christ waft everywhere. Our own hearts are deceitful and are not unprejudiced and unbiased. It takes a long process of cutting off dependence on our own experience, knowledge and wordly wisdom to depend completely on God and His Word in quiet unquestioning obedience even when it doesn’t make sense to our rational and logical minds.